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Australia clinch thriller to book yet another semi-final; India on the brink
India suffered a collapse of 6 for 31 which left them nine runs short in the end
Firdose Moonda
13-Oct-2024
Australia 151 for 8 (Harris 40, McGrath 32, Perry 32, Renuka 2-24, Deepti 2-28) beat India 142 for 9 (Harmanpreet 54*, Deepti 29, Sutherland 2-22, Molineux 2-32) by nine runs
India's T20 World Cup semi-final hopes have been taken out of their hands after a nine-run defeat to Australia in their final group-stage match. India have lost two of their four matches and will have to wait on the result of New Zealand vs Pakistan tomorrow to find out if they will advance to the knockouts. Any margin of victory for New Zealand will eliminate India but a Pakistan victory will decide the semi-finalists on net run rate.
Permutations aside, the tournament finally got the thriller it had been crying out for in an intense clash in front of an electric, sold-out Sharjah crowd of 14,946. They were treated to a high-octane affair with both sides acutely aware of what was at stake amid injury concerns. Australia were without captain, opening batter and wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy, who arrived on crutches after sustaining a foot injury against Pakistan, and Tayla Vlaeminck, who has been ruled out of the tournament.
Full postCartwright's heroics lift Western Australia to first victory of the season
The home side were facing the prospect of a third defeat before Cartwright and Ashton Agar iced the chase
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13-Oct-2024
Western Australia 301 for 6 (Whiteman 74, Cartwright 66*) beat Queensland 300 (Khawaja 76, Hearne 76, Neser 56, Richardson 3-36, Tye 3-78) by four wickets
Western Australia's One-Day Cup title defence is back on track after Hilton Cartwright's late heroics lifted them to a four-wicket victory over Queensland at the WACA Ground.
Chasing 301, WA were looking shaky after stumbling to 349 for 6 in the 41st over of Sunday's match But Cartwright's unbeaten 66 off 49 balls, which featured five fours and three sixes, helped get WA over the line with six deliveries to spare.
Full postEngland blow Scotland away to get to the top of Group B (for now)
Chasing 110 for victory, Bouchier and Wyatt-Hodge hit quick half-centuries to complete the win in exactly ten overs
Vithushan Ehantharajah
13-Oct-2024
England 113 for 0 (Bouchier 62*, Wyatt-Hodge 51*) beat Scotland 109 for 6 (Kathryn Bryce 33, Ecclestone 2-13) by ten wickets
England have gone top of Group B at the women's T20 World Cup with a game to play after demolishing Scotland by ten wickets in Sharjah. By chasing down a modest target of 110 with ten overs to spare, they overtook South Africa, who are also on six points but have played a game more, on net run-rate.
The manner of the victory, sealed with a boundary by Maia Bouchier, whose unbeaten 62 is now the tournament's highest individual score, also saw England boast an NRR higher than West Indies. They square off on Tuesday in what is a knockout encounter, though both teams could mathematically still go through together at the expense of South Africa.
Full postSpinners, Kapp, Brits help boost South Africa's semi-final chances
Bangladesh, meanwhile, are bowing out of the competition with just a sole win
S Sudarshanan
12-Oct-2024
South Africa 107 for 3 (Brits 42, Bosch 25, Fahima 2-19) beat Bangladesh 106 for 3 (Mostary 38, Nigar 32*, Kapp 1-10, Mlaba 1-11) by seven wickets
South Africa got the better of Bangladesh in Dubai to end the league stage of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 with six points and a net run rate of 1.382. It was the final game of the league stage for both teams, with Bangladesh bowing out of the competition with just a sole win.
Both teams batted cautiously throughout. Bangladesh only managed to post 106 for 3 in 20 overs, the lowest total made by a side batting their full quota for a loss of three or fewer wickets in a T20 World Cup game. For a large part of the chase, South Africa barely scored at over a run a ball and finally completed their win with just 16 balls to spare; only Tazmin Brits (42 off 41)and Chloe Tryon (14 off 13) scored at a strike rate in excess of 100.
Full postSamson's epic, Suryakumar's innovation hand Bangladesh a shellacking in Hyderabad
A firing lower middle order almost took India to 300 before Bishnoi and Co completed 133-run thumping
Sidharth Monga
12-Oct-2024
India 297 for 6 (Samson 111, Suryakumar 75, Pandya 47, Tanzim 3-66) beat Bangladesh 164 for 7 (Hridoy 63, Litton 42, Bishnoi 3-30, Mayank 2-32) by 133 runs
India handed out one final shellacking to Bangladesh on their final night of the tour, but this was one for the ages. The second-highest T20I score, three short of 300; Sanju Samson's silken 40-ball century, Suryakumar Yadav's improvisation and power; and then the finish by the powerful lower middle order.
There was no respite for Bangladesh: 22 sixes (joint-highest for a Test-playing side) and 25 fours combined for the most runs in boundaries in a T20 innings, a record 18 overs went for ten runs or more, one of them went for five sixes, and three bowlers conceded 50 or more. Two of the 26 dot balls turned out to be no-balls, a catch went down, and a run-out was missed.
Full postGeorgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr star in vital win for New Zealand
Leigh Kasperek also chipped in with the ball, setting up an important two points for New Zealand in a group where the race to the semi-finals is tight
Madushka Balasuriya
12-Oct-2024
New Zealand 118 for 2 (Plimmer 53, Kerr 34*) beat Sri Lanka 115 for 5 (Athapaththu 35, Kerr 2-13, Kasperek 2-27) by eight wickets
Georgia Plimmer's 53 off 44 and an all-round show from Amelia Kerr secured a eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Sharjah, though the margin of victory was not enough to move New Zealand up to second; they remain third in Group A behind second-placed India on net run rate. For Sri Lanka, it's a fourth defeat in four despite this being their best showing of the tournament with the bat; they finish bottom of the group.
Set a target of 116, Plimmer and Suzie Bates gave New Zealand the ideal start with a 49-run opening stand, before Kerr joined Plimmer for a 46-run partnership to put the result beyond doubt. Sophie Devine then put the boosters on to close out the chase, finishing the game with monster six over cow corner.
Full postAustralia all but through to semis after Pakistan fold for 82
Injuries to Healy, Vlaeminck make defending champions' win bittersweet
Firdose Moonda
11-Oct-2024
Australia 83 for 1 (Healy 37, Perry 22*, Sadia 1-17) beat Pakistan 82 (Riaz 26, Gardner 4-21, Sutherland 2-15, Wareham 2-16) by nine wickets
An Australian side struck by two injuries marched to a third massive win over a depleted Pakistan team, who slumped to the lowest total of the tournament so far. The result leaves Pakistan all but out of knockout contention while Australia are now almost certain to qualify into the final four.
Pakistan were without their captain Fatima Sana, after the passing of her father, and senior seamer Diana Baig, who has not recovered from the leg injury that saw her leave the field after bowling one ball in their tournament opener, and they missed the pair's enthusiasm and experience. Only one of their batters, Aliya Riaz, scored more than 20, while there were five scores of single figures, two ducks and no partnerships worth more than 19.
Full postMarsh smashes 94, Khawaja warms up with unbeaten 64 in draw
Marsh didn't bowl in the game at the WACA while Khawaja looked in fine touch on the last day
Tristan Lavalette
11-Oct-2024
Western Australia 465 (Inglis 122, Whiteman 102, Connolly 79, Neser 5-68) and 263 for 6 dec (Marsh 94, Wildermuth 3-38) drew with Queensland 367 (Clayton 85, Labuschagne 77, McDermott 68, Gannon 5-57) and 120 for 1 (Khawaja 64*, Labuschagne 35*)
Mitchell Marsh smashed 94 as a specialist batter before the Sheffield Shield match between Western Australia and Queensland petered out to a draw on a sedate WACA surface.
Set 362 runs off 62 overs, Queensland never went for the target and the match ended when the captains agreed to call it off midway through the final session on the last day.
Full postCarey and McSweeney hundreds deny New South Wales after Lyon's inroads
South Australia had stumbled to 23 for 4 early on the final day but twin centuries produced an impressive fightback
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11-Oct-2024
New South Wales 366 (Konstas 152, Philippe 56) and 282 for 6 dec (Konstas 105, Henriques 52) drew with South Australia 260 (Carey 90, Lyon 5-47) and 309 for 5 (McSweeney 127*, Carey 111, Lyon 3-94)
Test wicketkeeper Alex Carey has fired a warning shot ahead of this summer's tour by India, notching a superb century in South Australia's Sheffield Shield draw with New South Wales.
After posting a rapid-fire 90 in the first innings at Cricket Central, Carey pulled South Australia back from the brink with 111 from 158 deliveries in the second on day four. The two knocks combined to mark his most successful start to a Sheffield Shield season since his Test debut in 2021.
Full postLeach four-for consigns Pakistan to historic innings defeat
Salman Agha and Aamer Jamal both scored fifties but could not prevent England's march to victory
Alan Gardner
11-Oct-2024
England 823 for 7 dec (Brook 317, Root 262, Duckett 84, Crawley 78) beat Pakistan 556 (Masood 151, Salman 104*, Shafique 102) and 220 (Salman 63, Jamal 55*, Leach 4-30) by an innings and 47 runs
From the unthinkable to the inevitable. Pakistan became the first team in Test history to lose by an innings having scored 500 in their first attempt, as England wrapped up victory inside the morning session on day five at Multan. Jack Leach finished with four wickets, a century stand between Salman Agha and Aamer Jamal not enough to save Pakistan from an unwanted record.
Their fate had been effectively sealed when they slumped to 82 for 6 in blameless conditions on the fourth afternoon, any sense of fight crushed beneath the weight of England's 823 for 7 declared. Salman and Jamal did their best to salvage some pride, putting on 109 for the seventh wicket - but Pakistan were so far adrift, despite posting an imposing 556 in the first innings, that it was not enough to make England's batters put on their pads again.
Defeat extended a horror run for Pakistan under the captaincy of Shan Masood to six in a row, and twisted the knife into an abysmal home record that has seen them winless since February 2021.
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